PERSONAL PARS.

NZ Truth, Issue 142, 7 March 1908, Page 1

PERSONAL PARS.

It is not" a lact that' 'John Fuller, senr., is going 'Ome to study under Maiehesi. . Police Inspector MaeDonnell, wifose insolence to> prosecuted. defendants oc T casioned this journal extreme pain m a recent issue, has fallen m the peasoup up Napier way. The insufferable officer has accepted service , of a writ alleging defamation of character m a disgraceful Court scene. Mr C. B. Harton, for many' yfears I lieutenant of the Post and Telegraph 1 Rifles, has been elected captain of! the corps. "Charley" Harton, as the boys call him, is a most- popular man and it was the unanimous wish of the crowd that he should take over the steering gebx when I>he. late captain resigned. * * • Mr Bob Patterson, has had the bad luck to lose the valuable'; bullterrier recently presented to him by Mr James Carroll. Some sneak thief evidently has him hidden away m hope of a reward or some dirty skunk has done away with him out of spite. The man who ill-treats a dumb animal out of personal spite should be boiled- in Norton's Magic Cleanser or some purifying fluvd that would send -him to hell ■quick. Messrs Ned and" Willie Bradey and! their better halves, with Miss Cathrine Bradey, and Mrs Nicol, of Pararnata and Pahautanui, are at present enjoying a holiday at Rotor ua. If the genial Ned doesn't paralyse the natives with the best shooting or fishing lie, Tommy W,iiford and Charlie Skerrett chucked m, this pay per is a bad judge, and if Mrs Ned isn't the most popular lady m the sulphur country, may M Truth" never i have another libel case. . ...,■• ..-, A Robert Cook, Wellington solicitor, chatgedj with fraudulently converting: to;, his owii use the sum of £83 7s 7d (private prosecution) paid the am.ount over to his lady victim on Tues- ' day, and there "was no appearance a-! gainst, him m the S.M: Cqur-t on Wed- ; nesflay. Cook states, with indfgna-i tion, that the matter should have! been the subject of a civil and not a ; criminal prosecution, but all the same i "Truth" has a solid conviction that : if pook were not a solicitor he would : now be standing his trial. Restitution doesn't obliterate the crime of theft. * • ■ Wellington, boys who oft did gather m 'the Empire bar what time Russ and Fahey mixed their favors with hops and corn^- juice and other liquids more or less fiery, will, be pleased to hear that , the ■heavenly pair are doing quite well, thank you, . m G-is-bornc. jßuss is at the Coronation and Fahey is the presiding queen of tho British Empire, or was, if she.hasn't by this moved on to the Masonic. Are they down-hearted ajb the sultriness and dustiness and eternal. . dryness of things ?. Gisborne ? Not they. Gisborne payjj them nightly { homage and reefcpn • a smile from ] either is as mianna m the desert. i *■ ■ ■ ' • ■ ■ •' .i .. It. rests with "Truth, *'. amongst its | other duties, .jap chronicle tke doings j of absent sons of the Dominion. The latest Is Mi- Ted. Morrah, son of the ; late respected E. H. Morrah, Inspector of the Bank of Australasia. Mr Marrah has . returned to his native soil, after an absence of years, to take up the onerous duties of manager of the Bank of Australasia, Palmerston North. If we " recollect aright, the gentleman commenced his business career some five and. twenty years ago m Wellington, and, m addition to his father's help, he had the. advantage of learning fr»m bankers like R. B. Smith, C. J. Alexander, the late J. W. Pickersg-ill, and others.-' * • • A man never knows when his luck is out. Take the case of an aspirant for stage honors the other day. He reckoned he! was . the comic singer of the century, aM he was quite satisfied "that if Harry Rickards only heard -him he would be . engaged on the spot' af a princely salary. Harry came over from Sydney, and one afternoon he' held" a test of candidates for Opera House positions. That was not his 6/bject m coming to Melbourne, however. He had just buried his r private secretary, "Joe" Larkin, m Sydney. He was deeply cut up over Joe's decease i and he sought distraction' m Melbourne. Ignorant of this fact, the would-be comic singer came on the sjtatge,to make the effort of his life. Harry got a shock when 'he saw that he was most realistically got up as an undertaker. At once all the 'incidents of poor Joe's death were brought back to him. Worse was to follow, however. 'The wretched comic singer broke in:to'melody. "Oh, lam a jolly undertaker," he began. "Stop him ! '? yelled the Opera House magnate. "Turn him out. Kill him. . Here I came over .from Sydney to forget all aibout a funeral, and that confounded fool starts by telling me he's a jolly' undertaker." The would-be comic r singer's career came to an abrupt termination, and a disgusted theatrical manager returned to Sydney by that afternoon's express.

Methodist parson C. ?Ki Laws, 8.A., who visits Britain and 'Je£}isilem this year, is a Napier native, and brother of Fred Laws," Weljjng-t ton saddler, cricketer, and ex-aep, ., footballer. What a difference 'be«* ' tween brothers ! ",' Miss Florence Nightingale, the his* toric nurse of the Crimean war time- = now m her 88th year, was to haver had the freedom of the City of London. _ An obsolete-: honor. . Reminds one of an English Railway,; Company! that gave Sir Moses Montefiore, ovi his .one-hundredth birthday, a free pass for life over their lines. *■• . . The fates, have followed James Alfred Sheard at Christchurch. He ,is still there after over 20 years/ He said m Court that he had never peeiy married m England, despite his brother's evidence and the damning evidence of a marriage document, wltfch is alleged to show that the participant had been married two timfeis/., twice. He stands, remanded, but Vit . goes to show, the cussedness of these marriage documents. They ought to be bombed. , *"• ' . • Sydney papers state that there is a probability of Sir Thos: Liptoh, \thfev great tea magnate, visiting Sydney i shortly. If Tommy does cOme. to . Australia he will be thinking of $tar.?y ting a tea factory there. Lipt6n r :is : . not the great sport people think; liimv When he floated his tea business to a company he charged his, expehse'i&v m connection with the "Shatarbck"'to advertising. He evidently yaohtfi. for advertisement and not for spoxV » • « ■■'• , ■ • To know young Chapman, son. ftflfc^ associate. of Mr Justice Chapman] i» tq attest him .a geptl'emanly. ,. 1 yjjiujgi .■ ifj&How^cbuKt'eous t • aiid^ * obliging ' lj«r everybody. Diminutive in.;stdturo,J|t fact a dwarf, and perhaps unMndyn? \. to a large 'number of passengers, <*rt the Manuka's last trip north,,' 'to* associate's presence was a source •! much talk on board. Few knew wfcfi the little chap was, and the ignjaiv ance of others was pardonable. Qa» quid-nunc, however, got ahead of . e.yerybody, as he • gave it forth- ihkfc young Chappy belonged to a travailing show, but had out-grown 'himstiS and was going on an exhibition toatf of Ms own. Such a loud-mouthecl know-all ought to have been kicked! overboard, for the liar that he is. Still people on boats will talk of anything, even il it is rotT Bettes^itf for them to talk of others^ tfian ; f» talk of themselves. ' -"' •■-''-*; * . ••.•■•■•■*.•■■• > "p ■'""■ Charlie Parata, of. Wellingt6rt/ .has ' been appointed secretary io.\ Ms" : re-cently-formed Maori . "Asso'ciatioii. When 'a paternal Government insisted upon the education of /theMaqri and his subjection to the rules , of. civilisa&on, it placed, the, noble, aboriginal on a plane ol equajity with the pakeha. .'The" young Maori of today is largely a person, of. education and refinement, yet m the matter 6t .his own property he is *. treated .as though he were not pas,t .the blanket stage of m's existence. Thousands ii^on thousands of acres of native ,. law* lie untitled and uncultivated sjmplyi because the Maori hasn't got* the' cash! to work his property and the processes of obtaining it are so long and tedious and expensive 'and *so bound up m departmental red tape* that the native owner is impdverisiied, even though he is the owner.; -pE plenty! While Wanganui was \Veb>ing with all its might ■.representative jiatives from all parts gathered;, m. Tuck's township, and formetßah an-' fliiential Maori Association-, whose main object is legislative authority*., to the Maori to deal with his, own lands for the benefit of his family* Oharlie expects to rope m as menv-. bers the whole 48,000 Maories m the Dominion. ■ • « ♦ • 'A- fashionable and important wed^ ding was celebrated at the Albecv Hotel on Tuesday morning last, wheni Mr Togo and Miss Moses " were ioinbd m holy wedlock by the Rev., Petey; x Downes. The wedding breakfast was' supplied by Mr Ashman, and Mr ' Bob, Dwyer, of the Duke of Edinburgh,, was responsible for the champagne. Miss Sunday Royle was tohavebeert bridesmaid, but at the last moment x she objected to . Miss Moses 7 morals,' and refused to officiate. Charlje ■ Cutts's best ibull-dog was to hay*, been best man, but owing to straineidf 1 relations over a recent dispute, Ittr. Togo Cassells, brother of the bride-? ;groom, done the necessary honors.; After the ceremony the pastor laida. wager about fleas, and lost, and I|lr Ashman m. a very .happy speech expressed the hope that the two wouldn't eat as much as one, and that the;, pups would be. sent, to a boarding? School. Congratulatory . cards >wer» sent by Misses McNulty, Street', Miiligan, Barrett, McPhie, Dunn, Mfi^^»&. Donald, Matson, Walsh, Woods,,,^^^^ ler, Woodbridge, Fitzgerald, j^P*^ Drew and Parker, and also^ ,the most respectable gqg^ I>he town. Amongst the fsents were >B! *41 lian^ sent by th/ Doyle, Es; also preset , a handsome.